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COLLAR. No. 261,433. Patented July'l, 1882.

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J. W. ALFRED CLUETT, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

COLLAR.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,433, dated July 18, 1882.

' Application med May 12, 18H2. (No model.)

Io all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. W. ALFRED CLUETT, of the city of Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and corresponding letters marked thereon'.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of the collar, with a part ofthe back turned down to show the guide-interlining C with its beaded or hemmed edge and the manner of joining such interlining to the face A. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the collar complete, ready for laundry. A My invention more particularly relates to that kind ot' collar known as the Byron or turn-down collar; and it consistsin making the body and band of a single piece of cloth with a guide-interlining to designate and fix the line for turning down the body over the band in the laundry.

Instead ofmaking the body and band ofseparate pieces, as they are usually made, I make the face of the body A and band B of a single piece of goods, also the usual back of a single piece, and also the nterlinings each of a single piece. In addition to theusual interlinings, I make the guide-interlining O, which is cut of the width and shape to conform to that part of' the collar which, when turned down, is called the body.7 The lower or guide edge of this guide-interlining is run or hemmed, so as to form a bead to serve as a guide, and the other edge is put in the closing-seam of the collarbody. The cut parts" are placed together in the usual manner, wrong side out, and run or stitched around on all sides, except the upper edge, through which the parts are turned right side out. The guide-interlining C is preferably so placed that in turning the parts right side out it will be next to the linen face ot' the collar-body. The open edge is then turned in and stitched together by one or more rows ot stitching, and a row of stitching is run through the collar longitudinally, catching into the edge of the guide-interlining and apparently dividing the collar into a bodyand band. This guide-interlining serves as a guide for the row of stitching which divides the collar into a body and band, but more particularly serves as an unfailing guide for turning the body or top over the band in the laundry on the curve or line. In this manner of making' a Byron or turn-down collar the bungling and hard seam made by joining the band to the body is avoided and a neat, smooth, andnished collar produced, while the beaded edge of the guideinterlining furnishes an unfailing guide for turning the body over the band in the laundry.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a turn-down collar, a guide-interlining to designate and fix the line for turning down the body oer the band in the laundry, substantially vas "set forth.

2. A turn-down collarcomposed essentially of the face body and band, made in one piece, the back body and band, made in one piece, and the guide-interlining, the lower vedge of' which is hemmed to form a bead, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my 

